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SeaDAS 6 Benchmarks

The following benchmarks were calculated using the new seadas_benchmark.bash script. This script processes the MODIS Aqua Level-0 5 minute granule A2006167181000.L0 from Level-0 through to Level-3. (If you are a MODISL1DB user, the script will only process from Level-0 to Level-1B). If the script is run with the 'subset' option, the generated Level-1A file is stripped of its non-ocean bands before processing proceeds to Level-1B. (Boxes with two lines of times indicate processing times for a file with all MODIS bands present (top) versus times for an ocean subsetted file (bottom).

This data file and script are available from our ftp site in the seadas_benchmarks.tar.gz file. The script calculates both the CPU times (user+sys) and wall clock times (real) required for each of the following processing steps:

If you perform benchmarks, please email the results (including all machine specs) to seadas at seadas.gsfc.nasa.gov for inclusion in this table.

All times are in seconds and are indicated in [cpu time] / [wall clock time] order.

PLATFORM L0->L1A/GEO L1A->L1B L1B->L2  Space
Binning 
Time
Binning 
L3->SMI  TOTAL TIME
(cpu / wall)
Apple MacBook Pro 5,3 Laptop
3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (2 cores)
RAM: 4GB / HDD: 7200rpm
L2Cache: 6MB / Bus: 1.07GHz
OS: OS X 10.6.2 (Snow Leopard)
Kernel: Darwin 10.2.0
14 / 28 all bands:
31 / 54

ocean bands:
11 / 18
all bands:
181 / 186

ocean bands:
179 / 187
2 / 2 2 / 2 1 / 1 all bands:
231 / 273

ocean bands:
209 / 238
Custom PC
2.5GHz Intel Core 2 Quad (4 cores)
RAM: 8GB
L2Cache: 4MB / Bus: 1.333GHz
OS: CentOS 5.3
Kernel: 2.6.18-92.1.6.el5PAE #1 SMP
15 / 18 46 / 83
15 / 30
212 / 216 
213 / 217
2 / 2 2 / 2 1 / 1 278 / 322
248 / 270

Custom PC
2.2GHz AMD 290 (4 cores)
RAM: 8GB
L2Cache: 2MB / Bus: 1GHz
OS: CentOS 5.2
Kernel: 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5PAE #1 SMP
17 / 19 59 / 62
18 / 18
261 / 261 
262 / 263
3 / 3 4 / 4 1 / 1 345 / 350
305 / 308

Apple MacBook Pro 2,2 Laptop
2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (2 cores)
RAM: 2GB / HDD: 7200rpm
L2Cache: 4MB / Bus: 667MHz
OS: OS X 10.6.1 (Snow Leopard)
Kernel: Darwin 10.0.0
23 / 43 56 / 133
20 / 58
284 / 335
284 / 336
4 / 7 5 / 5 1 / 1 373 / 524
337 / 450

Apple Mac mini 3,1
2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (2 cores)
RAM: 4GB / HDD: 5400rpm
L2Cache: 3MB / Bus: 1.07GHz
OS: OS X 10.5.8 (Leopard)
Kernel: Darwin 9.8.0
22 / 45 52 / 151
16 / 27
264 / 401
258 / 270
3 / 3 2 / 2 1 / 1 344 / 603
302 / 348

Apple Mac mini 1,1
1.66GHz Intel Core Duo (2 cores)
RAM: 2GB / HDD: external 7200rpm
L2Cache: 2MB / Bus: 667MHz
OS: OS X 10.5.8 (Leopard)
Kernel: Darwin 9.8.0
33 / 71 82 / 178
27 / 45
430 / 622 
428 / 500
6 / 18 3 / 3 1 / 1 555 / 893
498 / 638



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